NWA Roster in 1981: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1981. This includes the list of all NWA Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in National Wrestling Alliance.

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1981

NWA: All (136)

Blackjack Mulligan Jr.

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Harley Race

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Professor Toru Tanaka

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Ric Flair Won: September 17, 1981 Kansas City, KS \| House show 105+ days During this reign, The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes under a mask due to being under suspension in Florida) defeated Ric Flair for the title, but he returned it when then-NWA President Bob Geigel asked Rider to unmask or return the title, so the title was returned to Flair. Then Jack Veneno defeated Flair in Santo Domingo but he refused to defend the title outside his native country, so the title was returned to Flair on the same day and the title change was not recognized. Then Carlos Colón won it but the title change was not recognized, so the title was returned to Flair after a "fictional match".	105+ days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: June 21, 1981 Atlanta, GA \| House show 88 days	88 days
	Harley Race Won: May 1, 1981 Gainesville, GA \| House show 51 days	51 days
	Tommy Rich Won: April 27, 1981 Augusta, GA \| House show 4 days	4 days
	Harley Race Won: September 9, 1980 Ōtsu, Japan \| House show 230 days	230 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Sgt. Slaughter Won: October 4, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 88+ days Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.	88+ days
	Vacant Won: September 8, 1981 26 days The title was vacated when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah the Butcher.	26 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: August 8, 1981 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 31 days	31 days
	"Rowdy" Roddy Piper Won: January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| House Show 193 days The title became the undisputed NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in January 1981 after the NWA San Francisco office, the last other promotion to recognize its own United States Heavyweight Champion, closed.	193 days
	Ric Flair Won: November 24, 1980 Greenville, SC \| House Show 64 days For unknown reasons, this reign is not recognized by WWE.com	64 days

NWA Television Championship	Ivan Koloff Won: November 3, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 58+ days	58+ days
	Ron Bass Won: September 6, 1981 Asheville, NC \| Live event 58 days	58 days
	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: June 14, 1981 Live event 84 days	84 days
	Sweet Ebony Diamond Won: May 30, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 15 days	15 days
	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: May 6, 1981 Live event 24 days	24 days
	Sweet Ebony Diamond Won: April 29, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 7 days Won a tournament to win the vacant title.	7 days
	Vacant Won: January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 92 days The title was vacated after Roddy Piper won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.	92 days
	"Rowdy" Roddy Piper Won: November 1, 1980 Richmond, VA \| Live event 87 days Defeats Paul Jones in tournament final to win the vacant title.	87 days

NWA National Heavyweight Championship	The Masked Superstar Won: November 25, 1981 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 36+ days	36+ days
	Tommy Rich Won: September 28, 1981 Augusta, GA \| Live event 58 days	58 days
	The Masked Superstar Won: August 15, 1981 Columbus, GA \| Live event 44 days During this reigns, on 1981-09-19, the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was unified with the National Heavyweight Championship.	44 days
	Steve Olsonoski Won: March 29, 1981 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 139 days	139 days
	The Mongolian Stomper Won: December 12, 1980 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 107 days	107 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Dutch Mantel Won: September 21, 1981 Memphis, TN \| House show 35 days	35 days
	Steve Keirn Won: September 7, 1981 Memphis, TN \| House show 14 days	14 days
	Bugsy McGraw Won: August 24, 1981 Memphis, TN \| House show 14 days	14 days
	Steve Keirn Won: July 6, 1981 Memphis, TN \| House show 49 days	49 days
	Ron Bass Won: July 1, 1981 Seymour, IN \| House show 5 days Continental Wrestling Association took control of the vacant title and Bass was awarded as champion.	5 days
	Vacant Won: October 1, 1980 273 days The title was vacated when NWA Mid-America ceased to operate, and Jerry Jarrett gained control of the title.	273 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: May 1, 1981 Richmond, VA \| House show 244+ days	244+ days
	The Masked Superstar & Paul Jones Won: March 22, 1981 Greensboro, NC \| House show 40 days	40 days
	"Crippler" Ray Stevens & Ivan Koloff Won: February 22, 1981 Greensboro, NC \| House show 28 days	28 days
	The Masked Superstar & Paul Jones Won: November 27, 1980 Greensboro, NC \| House show 87 days	87 days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

9235+ days

During this reigns the following title changes took place: Bette Boucher, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Yukiko Tomoe, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Evelyn Stevens, then The Fabulous Moolah; however, WWE recognizes Moolah's reign as being uninterrupted until 1984. The title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship until May 19, 1984, when Moolah sold the rights to the championship to the WWF, and the title was renamed to WWF Women's Championship.

9235+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: October 9, 1978

Fort Worth, TX | Live event

1179+ days

1179+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Judy Martin

Won: November 26, 1981

Saint Paul, MN | Live event

35+ days

During this reign, although Joyce Grable remaining as the reigning champion, Princess Little Heart was recognized as the champion in Mobile, AL starting from 1980-01-05. Then Judy Martin defeated Heart to win the title on 1980-11-22 in Atlanta, GA, and then Velvet McIntyre defeated Martin to win the title on 1983-02-13 in San Antonio, TX.

35+

days

Joyce Grable

Won: December 1, 1978

1091 days

The title history is unrecorded from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01.

1091

days

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable

Won: April 30, 1980

Springfield, MO | Live event

610+ days

610+

days

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: February 27, 1977

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

1768+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.

1768+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Les Thornton Won: November 14, 1981 San Juan, Puerto Rico \| CSP House show 47+ days	47+ days
	Joe Lightfoot Won: November 7, 1981 Bayamón, Puerto Rico \| CSP House show 7 days	7 days
	Les Thornton Won: October 16, 1981 Knoxville, TN \| JCP House show 22 days	22 days
	Jerry Brisco Won: September 16, 1981 Miami, FL \| CWF House show 30 days	30 days
	Les Thornton Won: June 20, 1981 Roanoke, VA \| SCW House show 88 days	88 days
	Terry Taylor Won: June 7, 1981 Roanoke, VA \| SCW House show 13 days	13 days
	Les Thornton Won: January 31, 1981 Dothan, AL \| House show 127 days	127 days
	Jerry Stubbs Won: January 26, 1981 Mobile, AL \| House show 5 days	5 days

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Jota Eme · 15 hours ago
Idk if someone ever asked for this before but I think you should add the feature of creating a custom roster and share on this website. No matter the year, era or company. It would be a cool thing for the fans.
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Braun Strowman returned to the ring in a dark match after SmackDown
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Nakamura just returned yesterday. Remove the inactive logo
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ty eash · 4 days ago
While we are on the discussion for ECW aluumni, could you guys also add Big Sal E. Graziano? He's like, the only FBI member that's missing here.
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Joe Limbus · 5 days ago
Mustafa Saed is missing from the ECW alumni....he was New Jacks tag team partner, they won the ECW titles together
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  @Joe Limbus He will be done soon, great suggestion!
  
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Carter Berndt · 11 days ago
Can you update Karrion Kross's picture, he has had long hair for a while.
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PrivatePenguin 95 · 11 days ago
Why aren't jade and Perez listed as a team
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James Basolo · 12 days ago
The Blackpool Combat Club are called the "Death Riders" now.
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Ryan Landrau · 12 days ago
Will you add a WWEID section
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  @Ryan Landrau Might be difficult to add every single one, especially as the program will be expansive across the entire USA and presumably abroad too with tens of hundreds of talents. I think wrestlers will be added once they graduate to the NXT system, we still have other profiles to begin, such as with the NWA Hall of Fame or some remaining minor WCW/ECW talent. It might be a good idea to feature a list somewhere on here
  
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BEEF is in OVW as well
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Lexis turned face
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  @gary vaughan With what? I'm legit curious. The logo is up-to-date. If you have a link to the background you mean, let us know.
  
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David R. · 1 months ago
These people who cry update background are total losers. It's a background, chill out
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  @David R. does the background even need updating?
  
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Shotzi & Tegan Nox Tag Team Comeback Please.🙏❤️
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fWRENzy! · 1 months ago
ok so I clicked face/heel split and the NXT women's division is a little weird (i.e. Stephanie Vaquer is the only one on Upper Card, Michin and Natalya are still on NXT midcard, and they have been inactive.)
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  @fWRENzy! Yup we're still finishing up NXT, work in progress :)
  
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  @fWRENzy! Women will be completed soon, we just finished up the men's NXT roster!
  
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Hello,
I have a full list of my rosters for WWE 2K24 Universe mode, and I would really like to know what tools you guys use for your rosters on your website. Thank You.
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Hi there, I love to see you sort the wrestling rosters from date to date.
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NWA Roster in 1981: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (136)

Men

Women

Teams

The Armstrongs

The Assassins

Bill Watts & Junkyard Dog

The Blond Bombers

Bobby Eaton & Koko Ware

The Brisco Brothers

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Funks

Greg Valentine & Ray Stevens

Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson

Ivan Koloff & Ray Stevens

Jack Brisco & Jim Garvin

Jimmy Snuka & Bruiser Brody

Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens

Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody

The Midnight Express

Mr. Fuchi & Mr. Onita

Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Roddy Piper & Greg Valentine

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

Ted DiBiase & Robert Fuller

The Texas Outlaws

The Von Erichs

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

NWA Television Championship

Ron Bass

Sweet Ebony Diamond

Sweet Ebony Diamond

Vacant

NWA National Heavyweight Championship

Steve Olsonoski

The Mongolian Stomper

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Bugsy McGraw

Ron Bass

Vacant

NWA World Tag Team Championship

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

The Masked Superstar & Paul Jones

"Crippler" Ray Stevens & Ivan Koloff

The Masked Superstar & Paul Jones

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA United States Women's Championship

Judy Martin

Joyce Grable

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Les Thornton

Joe Lightfoot

Les Thornton

Les Thornton

Les Thornton

Jerry Stubbs

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